How do I set the perfect electric conductor (PEC) boundary condition?

Date	Category
2023-12-14 20:21:21	Boundary Conditions

You should use tidy3d.PECBoundary to enclose the simulation domain using perfect electric conductors. For example:

# Define PML boundary conditions in all sides.
bspec = tidy3d.BoundarySpec.all_sides(boundary=tidy3d.PECBoundary())

# Alternatively, you can apply the boundary at specific directions.
# bspec = tidy3d.BoundarySpec.pec(x=True, y=True)

# Build the simulation.
sim = tidy3d.Simulation(
    center=(0, 0, 0),
    size=(10, 4, 4),
    boundary_spec=bspec,
    grid_spec=tidy3d.GridSpec.auto(min_steps_per_wvl=20, wavelength=1.55),
    structures=[waveguide],
    sources=[mode_source],
    monitors=[mode_monitor],
    run_time=1e-12,
)

See this notebook for more details on setting up boundary conditions.